Dr. Laurena White Responds:

“That is right. There is no scientific evidence it works. And also, I have about a hundred patients who are glad that they are steaming. They steam monthly or even more regularly because they know from their own proof that steam works. It’s like acupuncture. There’s also no “scientific” evidence that says that it works and yet how many people have acupuncture appointments? They do it because it works. On the flip side, if we want to make that argument, there’s a lot of scientific evidence that things do work, and eventually they get recalled by the FDA after they’ve done years of damage. So, we can have that conversation, I just don’t want to engage in it. Because you’re right, there is no scientific evidence that it works. But I have patients who know that it does. That’s not a conversation I’m going to engage in.”